Community media is key To The Editor: Re “Little Mish kids dig Earth Day!” (news article, May 4): I want to thank you at The Villager for featuring our kids in the newspaper. I am so grateful. But more than that, I want to thank you for the work you do. Community media is so, read more here »

Tenant advocate on target To The Editor: Re “Freezing out the tenants” (editorial, April 27): Michael McKee makes excellent sense, as usual. Susan Brownmiller ‘Leaf’ Allan out of this To The Editor: Re “Seeds of discord? Garden sprouts a sue-ready group” (news article, April 27): I appreciate the full reporting in your article regarding read more here »

Peel was my professor To The Editor: Re “David Peel, 74, the king of pot, punk and protest” (tribute, by Paul DeRienzo, April 13): I knew David since 1971. I had the pleasure to record with him, tour with him, and become friends — beyond friends, family really. What I learned from him about life read more here »

Driver should be charged To The Editor: Re “Cyclist struck by truck on First Ave. dies of her injuries” (news article, thevillager.com, April 13): What a horrific tragedy. Clearly, the driver should be charged with manslaughter. How could he not see this young woman on his left and not in a blind spot? That stretch read more here »

Row, row your selfish boat To The Editor: Re “Do the right thing” (letter, by Rob Buchanan, April 6): Ad hominem red herrings aside, Rob Buchanan offers up some puzzling commentary in his recent letter about Pier55. He refers to secrecy, yet multiple public hearings were held regarding Pier55, and the large majority of us read more here »

Vows to save supermarkets To The Editor: Re “Do something meaningful for supermarkets” (talking point, by Kirsten Theodos, March 30): Thank you, Kirsten, for being such a huge voice on the small-business crisis. I’m running for New York City public advocate because I’m tired of politicians saying one thing about protecting mom-and-pop stores but doing read more here »

A great victory for river! To The Editor: Re “Fed judge torpedoes ‘Diller Island’; Says no need for it to be in river” (thevillager.com, March 24): This is a great victory — and no thanks to the Hudson River organizations that dove into the tank, glub, glub, glub, glub, glub, on Diller Island. They turned read more here »

Stores we actually need To The Editor: Re “The malling of Soho: Big-box plan sparks big anger from locals” (news article, March 16): Soho residents should go even a step further and demand businesses that serve the community. Our community needs a grocery store. We need a diner. We need neighborhood bookstores. We need our read more here »

Countess’s travel travails To The Editor: Re “Trump double trouble; N.Y.U. roiled by crackdowns” (news article, March 9): This deportation and banning of respectable, good, hard-working people who contribute to American culture has now been going on for years. Trump just made it a front-and-center issue. This year’s Acker Awards highlighted the struggle of Alex read more here »

Fur is not cool To The Editor: Re “Call of the wild: Why we protest Canada Goose” (talking point, by Nathan Semmel and Leonardo Anguiano, March 2): The protests are targeting Canada Goose because they are the most popular brand and are the company that is most viably responsible for making dead animal skin “cool” read more here »